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S. BOTTERILL.

Whiffletree.

No. 24,610. Patented July 5, 1859.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SNO\VBAIJL BOTTEIHLL, OF WVESTMORELAND, NE\V YORK.

HOOK FOR WHIFFLETREES.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 24,610, dated July 5, 1859.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, SNOWBALL BOTTERILL, of Vestmoreland, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Whifiletree- Hooks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1, represents a perspective view of the hook, placed on the end of a whiflletree, showing the end of a tug in red lines secured thereto. Fig. 2, is a longitudinal section through the same, showing the button in two positions.

A, is the end of a Whittle-tree fitting in a socket B, of the barrel C, and firmly secured thereto. On the end of this barrel are two hooks I), D, bent so as to form an elliptical space on the end of the barrel to admit of the tug and allow it room to play therein.

E, is a spring button or bolt with a head which plays back and forth within the chamber F, of the barrel C, and is held out against the ends of hooks D, D, by a helical spring G, which presses respectively against the button E, and piece H. The ends of the hooks are notched out so that the inner face of the button head will be flush with the inner surfaceof the hook and thus prevent the cockeye from slipping off the button head. The traces are attached by pressing in the button as indicated by red lines in Fig. 2, and inserting the cockeye of. 

